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by xtrahotsauce 4946 days ago
Does "git grep" use a system grep or does it implement grep on its own?
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meaty 4946 days ago
It uses its own. See https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/builtin/grep.c
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unwind 4946 days ago
That seems to be the "command infrastructure" for the grep builtin. The actual grep engine is in https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/grep.c.
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drothlis 4946 days ago
The article has an answer to that. I'm not sure if you're challenging the article's answer or if you just missed it...
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xtrahotsauce 4945 days ago
Oops, missed that part of the article, thanks!
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